2 - Reclaim Your Will: "Until you reclaim your will — assert your power to act upon what you know — even the best plans remain unrealized." Self-respect comes from doing what needs to be done, whether or not you are in the mood. Can you turn knowledge into action?
3 - Energize Your Body: "If you lack vitality, nothing else really matters; if you have your health, anything is possible." The only thing you are sure to keep for a lifetime is your body. How might you take better care of your body?
4 - Manage Your Money: "By clarifying your goals and using your gifts, you can make good money, doing what you enjoy while serving the highest calling of your soul." Money is neither god nor devil, but a form of energy and a practical necessity. Have you achieved financial stability?
5 - Tame Your Mind: "The world is...a reflection of your mind. As your mind clears, you perceive reality simply as it is." You see the world through filters of belief, opinion and interpretation. How do your beliefs shape your experience?
6 - Trust Your Intuition: "Your subconscious holds keys to a treasure house of intuitive wisdom, clear sight and untapped power." There are hidden ways of knowing about and responding to the world. Have you accessed your inner guidance system?
7 - Accept Your Emotions: "Accept emotions completely, let your feelings be; just don't let them run your life." Feelings are natural; you need not fix them, but transcend them. Have you made peace with your emotions?
8 - Face Your Fears: "courage is not in the absence of fear, but the conquering of it." Everyday courage is not a feeling but an action. Have you made fear your servant and guide, or let it become your master?
9 - Illuminate Your Shadow: "Releasing energy once bound in defense of self-image, you find energy, understanding, humility and compassion." Self-knowledge generates authenticity, energy and compassion. Do you truly know yourself, or only your self-image?
10 - Embrace Your Sexuality: "Life is not a matter of indulging or denying the energies of life, but observing, accepting, and wisely channeling them." Making love can be a spiritual practice and a celebration of life. Have you realized your potential for intimacy and joy?
11 - Awaken Your Heart: "Love endures not from words or feelings alone, but from actions that carry you beyond the interests of separate self, beyond reason or motive, to embrace all people, things and circumstances." Love is an action that opens the gateways to everyday enlightenment. Can you act with love without reason?
12 - Serve Your World: "Service is both a means and an end, for in giving to others, you open yourself to love, abundance, and inner peace." The final gateway brings meaning to life. How might you make a positive difference for someone today?
— from Everyday Enlightenment
by Dan Millman
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